There may be a split brewing in the local Republican party, which has endured one controversy after another over the past year.
âA lot of Republicans are very disappointed â Iâm very disappointed,â Sue Gafford Piner, Comal County party chair, said Friday of what many believe is becoming a deepening rift between far-right and middle-of-the-road party conservatives.
Firestorms this summer involving national events with Black Lives Matter, the social media actions of Piner and a few other Texas GOP county chairs and controversial Trump Train incidents led into a November presidential election that many county Republicans call a fraud.Â
Some of those, including District 73 state Rep. Kyle Biedermann, engaged in a Jan. 6 protest in Washington D.C. that led to the storming of the US Capitol building. Investigators are still sorting out the details behind the attack that left five dead, sparked an impeachment of Donald Trump and have turned the city into a fortress